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Austin Monitor Radio: TravCo Pct. 1 Candidate Jeff Travillion
Jeff Travillion, candidate for the Travis County Commissioners Court Pct. 1 seat joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about his candidacy. The show is embedded below.
Radio • By Michael Kanin • Nov 16, 2015
Daugherty seeks reelection
Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty has announced that he will seek a fourth term in office. Breaking weeks of suspense, the only Republican on the Commissioners Court revealed his plans in an email blast sent out just after midnight on…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 12, 2015
Commissioners get tangled up on Master Plan policy
A key component of Travis County’s Master Plan – a massive realignment of workers, buildings and valuable real estate holdings – remains grounded after staff signaled on Tuesday that it wasn’t quite ready for takeoff. Before the County Commissioners Court…
Development • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 28, 2015
County planners pledge to keep courthouse block "alive after five"
Anxiety is palpable this week at 700 Lavaca St., where Travis County officials and planners nervously wait as early voters cast their ballots to decide the fate of the $287 million Civil & Family Courts Complex bond. While the Travis…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 20, 2015
In Travis County's courthouse bond campaign, a challenger emerges
With less than a month to go before Election Day, the first organized effort to oppose Travis County’s $287 million Civil & Family Courts Complex bond has finally materialized. The Travis County Taxpayers Union, backed by Austin City Council Member…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 15, 2015
Travis County sells service station
The Travis County Commissioners Court has approved the sale of a prime piece of real estate on the outskirts of downtown Austin in a deal that is tied to the $287 million Civil & Family Courts Complex bond election. Last Tuesday,…
Local Government • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 29, 2015
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Festival organizers sue Travis County
Travis County’s controversial new restrictions on mass gatherings have formally drawn their first legal challenge. The organizers of the Euphoria Music & Camping Festival, held in the last two years at Carson Creek Ranch, filed a lawsuit against the county…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 28, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: Staying confused
Staying confused… Followers of the City Council Austin Energy Utility Oversight Committee likely recall its Aug. 27 meeting, in which members opted to vote on a contentious solar energy item without taking input from the many members of the public…
Austin • By Michael Kanin • Sep 28, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: Travis County mass-gathering permits
Austin Music People Executive Director Jennifer Houlihan and Assistant Travis County Attorney Tom Nuckols join Austin Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin and reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about the county’s new mass-gathering permit regs. Show is embedded below:
Local Government • By Michael Kanin • Sep 28, 2015
Radford formally launches campaign
Beneath the sweltering September sun outside of his East Austin campaign headquarters, Lakeway Police Chief Todd Radford officially launched his campaign for Travis County sheriff on Monday morning. “I want to be the next sheriff because I think that everyone…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 22, 2015
County boots city's request for parking discount
Travis County Commissioners on Tuesday shot down a request from the city of Austin for a slightly more generous pricing agreement on scores of downtown parking spaces. The rare failure to reach interlocal accord underscored that the increasing popularity of…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 17, 2015
Swift backlash for Zimmerman’s courthouse idea
City Council Member Don Zimmerman’s idea to relocate the proposed Travis County Civil & Family Courts Complex to East Austin drew fire Thursday. After years of planning, Travis County Commissioners voted last month to place a $287 million bond on…
